Display-rack.



ROBERT L. lWILCOX, OF PORT LEYDFiil, NEW YORK.

DISPLAY-RACK.

Specieation of Letters Patent.

Patented oct. 29, 1907'.

Application tiled May 17. 1907. Serial No. 374,143.

To all whom it may concern.:

Re it known that 1, ROBERT L. WILCOX, a citizen of the United States, residing at Port Leyden, in the county of Lewis and State of New York, have invented Certain new and usei'ul improvements in Display- Racks, of which the. ollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to an improved display rack, and 1 decla-re that the following is a lull, clear, concise and exact description thereof, sufficient to enable one skilled in the art to make and use the same, relerence being had to the accompanying drawings in which like letters and numerals refer to like parts throughout.

By general description the device is a rack for tlze display of articles oi furniture such as clpairs, stands, tables and tie like, but it will, of course, be understood that the invention is not limited in anywise to suc'. particular use or by the slewing `here made w. icl. is but one illustration. i A feature or" the construction, as it is related to the display of the articles named, is that the goods are supported independently of each other and at tlc seat ol' a chair or the top of a stand by an arm, hook or the like, which can be positioned as desired, or instantly removed, and a plurality of which may be provided lor the support of a greater or less number of articles.

1t will be understood that the figures show only such a number of the several parts as to make clear the construction and use ofthe device.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the rack with certain bars, arms and hooks. Figs. 2 and 3 show details of mounting which will be pointed outA Fig. 4 shows one method of assembling parts ol the rack. Figs. 5 and 6 show arms er mounting on the bars, and Fig. 7 shows a brace used in the rack.

Referring to the iigurcs in detail, a base is provided comprised in this instance of trame 1, `supported on casters 2. In the base are mounted the vertical posts 3, 3, by any suitable construction though 1 provide a threaded pin Il, integral or otherwise, in the end of the post and which passes through the base and has a thumb-nut 5 to secure it in place. These posts are connected and held together by one or moreI bars, G, the ends of which are provided with pins 7, which pass through the posts and have thumb-nut S for holding the parts together. To prevent the bar 6 from turning it may be provided with pintles 9 to engage the post, I have shown the bar G at about the vertical center ol the rack, but it may be placed where desired, or a plurality of them may be used, when needed. And while 1 show the device as made of wood it may, of course, be made of any suitable material.

The posts 3 may be supported at the sides by braces 10, which have the general lorm shown in Fig. 7, and may be formed ol a rod or bar having one end, 11, bent vertical to the plane ot the base to sit into groove 12,

and the other end, 13, bent vertical to the plane of the post to sit into groove l-l cut therein. The brace may also have offset l5 at each end to bear on the surface of the base or of the post respectively. Other bars, 1G, are provided to be suitably supported in the posts, each having, in this instance, a square pin 17 held in a square cutout 1S in the post, the post being cut away, at 19 to allow inserting the pin 17 into the seat Or cutout 1S. Any number of such bars may be provided, the post being cut out at suitable points to receive them.

On the bars G and 1G are mounted arms 20 wliich are transversely eut out at 21 to be supported on the bars, to permit them to be slid from end to end of the bars, but to prevent tiem from tilting. Instead ol laving t e arms cui. out it may be preferable to fasten t ereou a casting, 22, wi ic. answers tA c same purpose and peimiis a saving of weig t and material. One ol t. ese arms, 23, is sl Vown as extending only on one side of tlre bar, the cutout being made, or the casting being placed adjacent one end of the arm. These arms, as stated, may be of any number or suitable size and may be arranged to support clairs, tables or the like in sucll number and arrangement as may be wished.

l lui-ther provide hooks 24- to be mounted on the bars or the arms for the support of such articles as are more conveniently disposed, such as pictures, for instance. The hook has one end squared to be held from turning on the arm or bar, the free end being given such [erm as convenient, the arms and the bars being oi a size to permit interchangeable mounting ol the hooks thereon.

1t will thus be seen that 1 have provided a rack ol simple but strong construction adapted for the display of a great number of articles which are cumbersome lor convenient handling, in such a manner as to permit l'ree inspection of the same and which, at the same time is adapted to display to the best advantage a great number of lighter articles, the rack being easily positioned for the most effective display of the goods.

Having described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A display ruck i'ormed oi a parallelogrammic hase, vertical posts mounted thereon having threaded studs at the end to pas through the hase and hand nuts to secure the sume, :i cross bar having a threaded stud at each end to be supported in the posts, the hitler having`- holes therelor and hand nuls being provided to secure the cross bars in place and a plurality oi' crossebars having a square stud at euch end io supportthe sume in the posts in given position, the said posts having a plurality of holes :irranged in pairs cut into the post to hold the suid cross hars from turningthe studs boing inserted through a lateral cut-out in the post opening into holes provided to receive the studs.

2. display ruck comprised of a rigid base and of vertical posts with :i crossbar therebetween mounted on the hase by means ol' threaded studs on the posts passing through the baise :ind hand-mits engaging the studs on the opposite side of the base and :i plurality of cross-bars with square ends mounted in square spaces in the posts, the latter being provided with a plurality ot holes for the I variable positioning ot' suoli cross-bars. l

3. A display rack consisting of a rigid base and a rigid frame of side posts and cross-bars removably mounted l thereon and braces between the posts and the base, said ,l braces having at the ends members formed to project into grooves in the adjacent member ol' the rack, the said member having grooves therefor.

4. A display ruck having a base, vertical posts removably mounted thereon, a connecting bar mounted between the posts, a plurality ot removable cross-bars mounted between the posts in holes provided in the posts in pairs, a

plurality of transverse bars mounted on the cross-bars being recessed to be slidable on the cross-bars and supported thereon and a plurality of hooks formed to be supported on the connecting bars, the cross bars or the transverse bars, the same being formed of a size and form to receive the hooks interchangeably and support the same from turning.

in testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ROBERT L. \VILCOX.

Witnesess REUBEN KLINE, GUY WILCOX. 

